Yael Kirsht
Equitable Housing Decarbonization Project - Research Scientist
Berkeley, California, United States
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Top SchoolYael Kirsht is an urban researcher and planner with 8 years of professional experience and a 15-year trajectory in research and practice focused on equitable housing, climate resilience, and energy justice. Currently a Research Scientist on UC Berkeley’s Equitable Housing Decarbonization Project and a PhD candidate in City and Regional Planning, she blends rigorous data analysis and visualization with design sensibilities from her architecture background. Her work bridges academia, municipal practice, and public health—evident in roles at MIT, Columbia Mailman, and Boston civic programs—bringing projects from research to policy-relevant action. Skilled in translating complex urban systems into actionable interventions, she emphasizes equity and community-centered outcomes in decarbonization efforts. Notably, she combines technical research methods with hands-on urban design experience, a mix that helps surface practical solutions often missed in siloed planning studies.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, City and Regional Planning, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, City and Regional Planning at University of California, BerkeleyMaster in City Planning, Master in City Planning at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Architecture - BArch, Architecture, CUM LAUDE, Bachelor of Architecture - BArch, Architecture, CUM LAUDE at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Spanish, Hebrew, English
Github Skills (7)
machine-learning5
spring3
data-science2
visualization2
spark2
big-data1
data-visualization1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
yaelnidam/big-data-spring2018
Feb 2018 - May 2018
Contributions:20 pushes in 3 months
visualizationdata-sciencedata-and-visualizationmachine-learningbig-data
HealthyNeighborhoodsStudy/DataPortal
Jul 2021 - Sep 2023
Contributions:7 pushes in 2 years 3 months
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